Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Matters

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ServSafe Dining Commitment—AHLA Safe Stay Initiative Cleanliness and safety have been at the core of the hospitality industry since the beginning. Long before the Coronavirus,...

Licensees MUST require all customers to wear masks while entering, exiting, or otherwise traveling throughout the restaurant (face masks may be removed while...

Ecolab helps businesses around the world operate efficiently, optimize water use, keep food safe, and protect public health. Its team uses science, technology and...

Since the nationwide shutdown, many people have been waiting for an avalanche of bankruptcy filings under Chapter 11. As of the writing of this...

State Items Reopening Pennsylvania On July 1, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the Pennsylvania Legislature does not have the power to overturn Gov. Wolf’s emergency...

What’s Working and What Will Become Part of the New Normal Change is upon us. Innovation, creativity, and reinvention describe how operators are reacting to...

Restaurant dining rooms are starting to reopen after months of being closed due to COVID-19, but many guests are hesitant to return. More than...

As the crisis enters its fifth month, operators are still looking for insight on these matters keeping them up at night. When restaurant dining was...

The National Restaurant Association, American Hotel & Lodging Association, and the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute have made numerous educational and professional development...

State Items HB 2408 (Markosek—D, Allegheny) was unanimously amended to clarify that payroll used via the PPP program is NOT subject to state and local...

On April 23, Gov. Tom Wolf released details on his phased approach to reopening Pennsylvania. It will be a cautious and gradual process, taking...

The coronavirus forced restaurant owners and operators to make rapid-fire decisions under the most stressful conditions, without the benefit of a master class or...

The lodging industry in the United States and throughout the world is in the midst of an epic downturn. The emergence of COVID-19 in...

The Pennsylvania Restaurant Promise and the Pennsylvania Lodging Promise are a set of voluntary commitments a restaurant or hotel operator is making to their...

The ongoing COVID-19 health crisis will likely have a deep impact on many different aspects of the commercial real estate industry and larger economy....

First and foremost, I hope that this message finds you and your families healthy. It seems like the new preferred closing for email messages...

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is a federal statute that regulates the use of Automatic Telephone Dialing Systems (ATDS). The TCPA defines the...

State Items Second Half of Session has Begun We are officially half way through the Legislature’s two-year session. Both chambers returned to session this week to...

What made you want to run for office? Over my lifetime in construction and real estate development I saw the growth in burdensome regulatory compliance...